CVE-2014-8021 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client 3.1(.02043) and earlier and Cisco HostScan Engine 3.1(.05183) and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving an applet-path URL, aka Bug IDs CSCup82990 and CSCuq80149

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Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client 3.1(.02043) and earlier and Cisco HostScan Engine 3.1(.05183) and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving an applet-path URL, aka Bug IDs CSCup82990 and CSCuq80149

Published Feb 3, 2015

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.79%

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client 3.1(.02043) and earlier and Cisco HostScan Engine 3.1(.05183) and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving an applet-path URL, aka Bug IDs CSCup82990 and CSCuq80149.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.79% 0.01792

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01792

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	1.79% (0.01792)	77.62th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.79% (0.01792)	75.46th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.28% (0.00277)	49.09th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.22% (0.00220)	60.91th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 14, 2024	0.22% (0.00220)	60.14th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.22% (0.00220)	58.09th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (4)

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-8021
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=37323
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72475
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100666
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-8021		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=37323		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72475		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100666		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner cisco

Published Feb 3, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Oct 8, 2014

Link CVE-2014-8021

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-8021

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-8021